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SPECIFICATION forming part of vLettersPatent No; 590,858, datedSeptember 28, 1897.

Application filed April 23, 1897, Serial No. 633,459. (No modell) To @ZZ whom t may con/cern:

Be it known thatl I, WILLIAM I-I. PRICE, a` citizen of the United States, residing at IVash-I ington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the ac-l companying drawings.

My invention relates generally to an iin-1` provement in boxes of the class designed to` p (ntain bottled beverages, such as beer or thej The object of my invention is the produc-l tion ofl a sectional top or cover for the box of such construction as to be availablewith the ordinary boxes now in use, the cover being adapted to disappear when operated to open the box and to be locked when in a closed position by simple means carried by the box.

IVith this and other minor objectsv in view my invention consists, primarily, in a box having a cover madein two sections, each adapted to be raised on its outer edge as a hinge and dropped down between the bottles and the side of the box.

The invention also consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, which will iirst bedescribed in connection with the accompanying drawings an d then pointed out'in the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my improved box closed, partially broken out for illustration of certain interior parts. Fig.' 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same, taken near one end, showing the positions of the cover-sections when the box is open. Fig. 3 is a broken longitudinal section of the same, showing the coversections in the open positions. Fig. 4f is a perspective View of one of the cover-sections.

Referring to the drawings, A represents my improved box, having a bottom I, sides 2, and ends 3, the bottom being provided with the usual bottle-receiving rack I, all of the ordinary construction.

In providing a box ywith my improved cover I secure to each end ofthe box a cleat, slightly less in length than the interior width of the box, thus leaving a narrow space between the ends of the cleat and the sides of the box, as at 6, Fig. 2.

. Va yhook IO, as shown.

serves the purpose of a hinge, as hereinafter described, but by its length and position in `the section effectively prevents the latter from at each end with al longitudinalv groove or `channel 7, into which lits a wire 8, having its upper end bent at a right angle 9 and driven `into the section and its lower end formed into This wire not only warping. The'sections are adapted to slide down in contact with the sides of the box, fitting in the spaces 6 and being guided by the ends of the cleats 5, the lower end of each section resting upon the upper edge of the bottle-rack, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When desired to place the sections in positions to serve as a cover, they are raised by the user grasping them in the iinger-notcheslL the upward movement being continued until the hooks 10 engage suitable studs 12, driven or otherwise secured in the ends of the box, this engagement forming a hinge for the cover* sections at the extreme of their upward movement and permits them when released to fall forward upon the cleats 5, forming a cover for the box, as shown in Fig. l.

' Vhen the sections are in place to cover the box, they are locked in closed position by catches 13, one on each end of the box, each l catch comprising a metal plate inserted between theupper edge of the end of the box and the metal binding-strip 14 for the end, theplatebeing guided by'y pins l5, passing through slots I6, formed in it, thus permitting the plate to be readily moved forward or backward when desired to lock or unlock the sections, as will be evident from the drawings.

Although I have shown the catch as comprisin g a plate it is evident that a rectangular wire catch would be equally applicable, as the only result desired is to guard against accidental movement of the sections.

In order to permit my cover to be applied tov boxes of the ordinary width now in use, I form ineach section a series of concave recesses .17, so as to permit the section to readily pass the bottles in the racks next the side, as the sections slide down between the side of the box and the bottles and there is not IOO suiiicient space ordinarily for a cover of proper thickness without these recesses.

At the meeting edges of the cover-sections I form a label-receiving recess 1S of sufiicient depth to receive a number of 'superimposed labels. By this construction when the beer has been placed in the box at the brewery the brewer or bottler may place a label or trade-mark in the recess 18, and thus insure `the delivery of the contents of the box undisturbed. as the sections cannot be moved without destroying the label. By forming the recess of some little depth a number of labels may be successively placed therein without removing the previous ones. A1- though I have shown the label-receiving recess as round in shape it is evident that it may be of any shape suited to the particular label to be applied.

Heretofore the use oi the boxes for purposes foreign to their intended use, such as for garbage and ash receptacles, has been a Source of frequent complaint on the part oi' the bottlers, and I overcome this objection by forming a series of holes 19 in the bottom of the box, these holes being preferably arranged one beneath each bottle-rack 4, thereby eectively preventingr the use of the box for any other purpose than that of a receptacle for bottled beverages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a box for bottled beverages, a cover made in two sections adapted to disappear within and on opposite sides of the box, each of said sections having a hook on each end, and studs secured in the ends of the box with which the hooks are adapted to engage, whereby the sections are given hinged connection with the box when in use.

2. In a box for bottled beverages, a cover made in two sections adapted to disappear Within and on opposite sides of the box, cach of said sections having hinged connection with the box only when in position to serve as a cover, and cleats secured at the ends of the box forming supports for the sections when in place as a cover, the ends of the cleats serving as guides for the sections during their operation to open and close the box.

3. In a box for bottled beverages having a bottle-rack within it, a cover made in two sections adapted to disappear within and on opposite sides of the box and rest on said rack, each of said sections having hinged connection with the box only when in position to serve as a cover and being formed with a series of concave recesses in its inner surface, said recesses being so located that When the section is Within the box they will be in line with and extend above the cells oi' the rack, all substantially as described and for the purposes stated.

In testimony whereof I afiix iny signature in presence of two Witnesses.

TILLIAM II. PRICE.

Witnesses G. W. BALLooH, WM. HUNTER MYERS. 

